Yeah India !!!

The stage was set, India vs Pakistan in the T20 World cup final. Who would have imagined in the beginning of September that these two sides minus the so called stars will make it to the final. Remember this March these teams did not make to the Super 8 stage of World Cup . Which team would be able to wipe that disgraceful performance with a World cup final win.

All my friends in office, project mates, colleagues assembled in the canteen to watch the match. All the 6 TV sets were showing the match. It was like mini Wankhade stadium in the canteen. Cheers, whistles, claps was heard on every run scored, four , six during India was batting. Thanks to Gambhir, Rohit we made decent score. When we were bowling every dot ball, wicket was celebrated and every run Pak scored was booed. And when the match went to the wire everyone was standing and acting as if they were Dhoni captaining the side. When we won everyone erupted from their seats and chanting Ganapati Bapa Morya, Jai Hind, n stuff. There were high fives, hugs, handshakes, screams, chaos all around.

We won a hard fought battle and first time in Indian cricket history we won cause of team effort and not individual brilliance. Everyone contributed , right from Robin to Shree, the bench, even Agarkar who bowled badly initially and gave Jogi chance to prove his mettle. I made a mistake in underestimating Dhoni's capabilities as captain and good he proved me wrong. At the start of tournament i never expected to win but we won. Yeah India. This team deserves our adulation and love. Three Cheers for our Indian team ! Hip Hip Hurray! Hip Hip Hurray ! Hip Hip Hurray!

Hats Off Mr. Ramadorai !!

On Monday 3rd September, TCS celebrated its annual event ‘Hats Off”. In this event all associates who have completed 3 yrs, 5 yrs, 10 yrs, 15 yrs, 20 yrs, 25 yrs, 30 yrs and 35 yrs in TCS were felicitated. My initially motivation of going to this event was to as a welcome break from office and to catch up with old friends. The location was NCPA at Nariman Point which added to the motivation to attend. It was a huge event as almost 1200-1300 people were felicitated and it was ensured that each associate was called to dais for the same.

But the best news we heard during the show ,was when we were told that the CEO of TCS Mr. Ramadorai will be felicitated along with us for completing 35 yrs in TCS and that Mr. F.C. Kohli would be doing the honors. Also all the all the bigwigs of TCS like Mr.Mahalingam (CFO), Mr.Padmanabhan (EVP HR), Mr.Pendharkar (VP Marketing), Mr. N. Chandra (EVP Sales & Operations) were present for the ceremony.

Then I realized how important recognition of service is and that to for being in same company for so many years. I was truly elated by the fact that I was felicitated in the same function but also pondered that I was felicitated for a minuscule 3 years as compared to 35 yrs of Mr. Ramadorai and will I be able to complete 10 years in any company during my lifetime? Nowadays we think of and most of us skip jobs within a year or couple. What makes someone to stay in a company for so long?

I guess Mr. Ramadorai was there from the very beginning of TCS, hence he had a sense of belonging and as there were few people in the organisation , the chances to grow were more. Not to forget that he had the talent & capability to grow with the insight into future. But in today’s scenario with around 100,000 people in TCS, chance to be in position like Mr.Ramadorai after 30-35 years is 0.001%.

But then you never know right , I maybe remain in Tata group for 35 years or more and be at similar position as that of Mr.Ramadorai. What say people ???